audiobook

A spoken version of a book published in an electronic format. Audiobooks date back to the 1930s when the U.S. government created the Talking Book program for the blind. The first recording platform was aluminum discs, and subsequent formats have been vinyl records, tape cassettes, CDs and finally digital downloads.

Teaching and Recreation
Audiobooks have been used for teaching as well as personal enjoyment. Drivers use audiobooks on long commutes, and countless people enjoy listening to a book rather than reading; however, an audiobook is very often an abbreviated version of a published work. Unlike a printed book where readers react only to the writing quality, the enjoyment of an audiobook has much to do with the voice and intonation of the narrator. See podcast.

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Firuz chose all the works for the audiobook from the 'Afsonahoi Halqi Tojik' collection ('Tales of Tajik peoples' - editor's note.), which was published in 1975.

The first audiobook of folk tales will be released in Tajikistan

Firuz chose all the works for the audiobook from the "Afsonahoi Halqi Tojik" collection ("Tales of Tajik peoples"), which was published in 1975.

First audiobook of folk tales to be released in Tajikistan

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Physical audiobooks almost extinct as industry moves digital

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Azercell launches new Audiobook service

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Audio Book Deal for Self-Published Bestseller, Launches November 20

has acquired digital assets of Wyoming-based ebook and audiobook publishing group Paradise Publishers, the company said.

Stirling Acquires Audiobook Specialist Paradise Publisher Assets

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Storytel Arabia partners with Jamalon to boost audiobook sales in Middle East

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Participants also listened to the audiobook of Silence Of The Lambs

Listening to audiobooks has greater emotional impact than watching films or reading, study claims; Participants listening to a recording had a higher heart rate and body temperature than those who viewed the same scene from film or TV

They are among the 24 percent of Americans who listened to an audiobook in the past year--that's a 22 percent increase over the previous year.

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